Practical tips for creating an integrated digital care record from Connecting Care
Large-scale IDCR projects are critical to the care integration agenda; and more than 60 are underway up and down the country. Yet these projects take time and work. Fast-track yours with tips from the successful Connecting Care Programme.
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Greater Manchester LHCRE to work with neighbours toward ‘common capability’
The chief digital officer of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has vowed to work with “neighbours on all sides” to deliver more integrated healthcare in northern England, following its successful Local Health and Care Record Exemplar (LHCRE) bid.
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Orion Health develops integrated digital care record for Doncaster CCG
NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group signs contract with Orion Health to develop integrated digital care record to support older people at home.
Infrastructure

Camden CCG enables joined-up care by delivering an Integrated Digital Record across health and social care
The Care Integrated Digital Record (CIDR) brings together information from 34 partner organisations across the borough of Camden. It facilitates informed decisions that enable more targeted care, improve patient outcomes and boost service efficiency.
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Islington CCG to deploy integrated digital care record after delays
Islington CGG is aiming to roll out its integrated digital care record, labelled CareMyWay, this year, after months of delays.
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Islington awards £7.4m IDCR contract
Islington council and clinical commissioning group have awarded a five year, £7.4 million contract to BT to create an integrated digital care record for the borough’s patients.
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IT system integration – Yorkshire
A portal pulling together information from various clinical IT systems is being implemented at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Interoperability

Three IDCR exemplars named
NHS England has announced the three exemplars in digital care record integration, and confirmed that the next round of the Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund will focus on integrated care.
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Emis and Ascribe look for ‘sweet spots’
Emis and Ascribe have created a “sweet spots map” of common users to develop exemplars for their integrated care strategy.
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NHS England introduces IDCR
NHS England has released guidance for trusts to achieve fully integrated digital care records across all care settings by 2018.
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